OVERVIEW

HIGH-IMPACT PERFORMANCE ACCELERATOR (HYBRID)

Grey Matter delivers a comprehensive, evidence-based framework to lead in Fourth Industrial Revolution environments—navigating complexity, driving change, and solving challenges. This Accelerator empowers leaders with premium soft skills and micro-credentials aligned with UNPRiME standards for sustainable leadership.

 LEADER PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTIVITY

Lead | Manage | Coach | Relate

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, leaders face an unprecedented challenge—delivering exponential results while traditional management approaches become increasingly obsolete. Your teams expect more than just management; they seek inspiration, empowerment, and purpose. Meanwhile, competitors aren’t just accelerating; they’re rewriting the rules of leadership.

Why Traditional Leadership Approaches Fall Short

Traditional leadership development is struggling to keep pace with modern business demands:

• Your Gen-Z workforce demands purpose and autonomy, but your systems are designed for compliance and control.
• Digital transformation initiatives often overwhelm rather than empower teams to achieve strategic goals.
• Conventional coaching frameworks provide theory, when what you need are actionable, practical solutions.
• Your competitors are building high-performance cultures, while you struggle to sustain engagement and productivity.

You don’t need another leadership certificate—you need a transformative approach to building high-performance teams through coaching for performance that delivers measurable results—now.

Introducing PERFORM: Practical Coaching for Performance

PERFORM is not just another theoretical leadership program or generic productivity enhancement workshop. It’s a proven, evidence-based coaching methodology backed by over 25 years of research and global application.

Developed by Myles Downey (GROW Coaching Model), one of Europe’s leading executive coaches, PERFORM has been successfully implemented across diverse industries—including management consulting, FMCG, banking, law, technology, and professional sports.

This high-impact approach is designed to:

• Embed coaching within leadership and management for long-term team and organizational success.
• Drive measurable performance improvements through structured, real-world application.
• Enhance stakeholder engagement and accountability at all levels of the organisation.

Who Should Enrol

The PERFORM Accelerator is ideal for:

• Managers and Directors with at least three years of team leadership experience.
• High-potential managers identified for strategic development and up- skilling.
• Professionals in specialized service roles such as:
• Lawyers and Managing Partners
• Management Consultants and Executive Search Professionals
• Sales Directors responsible for high-value client engagement
• Visionary leaders seeking to integrate coaching methodologies into management practices for exceptional team and organizational outcomes.
  

How You'll Achieve Results

• 1 x Introductory Workshop (50 min) – Kickstart with an overview of key concepts.
• 1 x Pre-Program and Planning Meeting –Define goals and expectations for success.
• 1 x Individual Intake Session – Assess current leadership and coaching capabilities.
• 2-4 x One-to-One Coaching Sessions – Personalized coaching for actionable insights.
• 5-7 x Core Capability-Building Sessions – Develop critical leadership and coaching skills.
• 1 x Mid-Review and Final Evaluation – Measure progress and refine strategies.
• 1 x Weekly Q&A Support Session – Address challenges and reinforce learning.
• Continuous Measured Outcomes – Track performance improvements in real-time.
• Facilitated Coaching for Practice & Execution – Guided application of skills in daily operations.
• Flexible Virtual Delivery Schedule – Access learning at your convenience.
• 100% Practice-Based Application – Apply concepts directly to your role and team.
• Exclusive Membership Resources – Ongoing access to valuable tools and material.

What You'll Learn, Practice and Apply

Creating Conditions for High PerformanceL

• Master leadership and management essentials for high-impact performance.
• Develop effective performance coaching skills to empower teams.
• Learn the Lead-Manage-Coach (LMC) Model to enhance leadership identity.
• Conduct critical conversations that drive engagement and accountability.
• Implement performance management systems aligned with business goals.
• All content is 100% practice-based, customized, and tailored to your specific role, business, and team needs.

Our solutions are evidence-based, discipline-focused, and grounded in proven leadership and coaching frameworks.

All delivery is 100% practice-based, tailored and applied to your role, business and teams.

All solutions/approaches are discipline focused and based on evidence-based theory, research and practice.

What You'll Achieve 

• Seamlessly integrate coaching practices into existing performance management systems and daily leadership routines.
  
  
• Learn a structured framework to enhance leader and manager productivity.
  
  
• Boost your ability to drive performance improvements for yourself and your teams (direct reports and stakeholders).
  
  
• Develop a high-performance culture through actionable coaching and management techniques.

Our Commitment to Excellence

Our dedication to leadership excellence extends beyond immediate results. PERFORM micro-credentials are strategically aligned with UN PRiME (Principles for Responsible Management Education), ensuring your leadership development drives:

• Sustainable Business Practices – Foster long-term growth with socially responsible strategies.
• Ethical Leadership Frameworks – Cultivate integrity and trust across all levels of leadership.
• Global Development Goals – Contribute to sustainable business solutions with measurable impact.
• Responsible Management Education – Champion inclusive, purpose-driven leadership development.
• Long-Term Value Creation – Build resilient organizations through leadership best practices.

Key Alignments

• PRME Integration: Promotes collaboration and innovation in leadership coaching frameworks that prioritize team empowerment and organizational growth.

• SDG Contribution: Supports Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Quality Education), embedding learning methodologies that cultivate inclusive, high-performance cultures.

John Grisby

Meet Your Professor of Practice (Leadership)

 
John Grisby is a Professor of Practice in Leadership, industry consultant, and author with a proven track record of helping leaders transform their roles, organizations, and sectors. As a specialized Leadership Transformation Partner, he accelerates leadership capacity development and drives change and transformation from strategy to execution within the complex and evolving environments of Industry 4.0.

With over 25 years of experience in human performance and leadership development, John’s expertise spans multiple disciplines. His background includes:

• Executive Coaching in Performance (EMCC Coaching Senior Practitioner)
• Cross-Cultural Organizations (Maastricht University)
• Organizational Change Strategy (Adizes Institute)
• Leadership Mindset Systems & Structures (Dr. Don Beck, Spiral Dynamics)
• Professor of Practice in Leadership (UBBS) 

John holds an MA in Global Communications and is recognized as an HE Fellow, CMBE, and CMgr MCMI.

His global experience includes working with leaders from family-owned businesses, mid-sized enterprises, and corporate organizations across diverse sectors. Having lived and worked in Europe, the USA, Africa, South America, and the Middle East, John brings a unique, international perspective. He is also tri-lingual, fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian.

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